Influence of GenAI on Higher Education ESL Students’ Writing Confidence
Influence of GenAI on Higher Education ESL Students’ Writing Confidence
Ayesha Rasheed
TLDR
It is found that students perceived ChatGPT as a supportive learning tool, that improves grammar, eases writer's block, and provides personalized feedback, which indicates that ChatGPT acts as a catalyst for those who encounter language barriers while taking ethical considerations into account.
초록
The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) has raised debates about: What is the future of writing? These debates become more solicitous in higher education contexts. Writing becomes frustrating for English as a Second Language (ESL) students, and the release of ChatGPT has sparked tension in ESL classrooms. To examine this gap, this paper conducted a semi-structured interview study with university students to examine the influence of ChatGPT on their writing confidence. Following the synthetic data, this paper discovered that students perceived ChatGPT as a supportive learning tool, that improves grammar, eases writer's block, and provides personalized feedback. This paper presents a positive perspective regarding ChatGPT's outputs to reduce writing anxiety and boost language proficiency. These findings indicate that ChatGPT acts as a catalyst for those who encounter language barriers while taking ethical considerations into account.